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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of carrying values and estimated fair values of debt instruments | The carrying values and estimated fair values of our financial instruments at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are as follows:
|  | September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023
(in thousands of $) | Fair value hierarchy | Carrying value | Fair value | Carrying value | Fair value
Non-Derivatives: |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents (1) (2) | Level 1 | 732,062 |  | 732,062 |  | 679,225 |  | 679,225 |
Restricted cash and short-term deposits (1) | Level 1 | 92,025 |  | 92,025 |  | 92,245 |  | 92,245 |
Trade accounts receivable (3) | Level 1 | 28,258 |  | 28,258 |  | 38,915 |  | 38,915 |
Interest receivable from money-market deposits and bank accounts (3) | Level 1 | 3,191 |  | 3,191 |  | 3,929 |  | 3,929 |
Receivable from TTF linked commodity swap derivatives (3) | Level 1 | — |  | — |  | 7,581 |  | 7,581 |
Receivable from IRS derivatives (3) | Level 1 | 2,124 |  | 2,124 |  | 2,461 |  | 2,461 |
Trade accounts payable (3) | Level 1 | (73,695) |  | (73,695) |  | (7,454) |  | (7,454) |
Current portion of long-term debt and short-term debt (3) (4) (5) | Level 2 | (349,522) |  | (349,522) |  | (343,781) |  | (343,781) |
Long-term debt (4) (5) | Level 2 | (907,734) |  | (907,734) |  | (696,933) |  | (696,933) |
Long-term debt - 2021 Unsecured Bonds (4) (6) | Level 1 | (189,623) |  | (191,595) |  | (199,869) |  | (197,906) |
Derivatives: |  |  |  |  |
Oil and gas derivative instruments (7) | Level 2 | 107,806 |  | 107,806 |  | 159,611 |  | 159,611 |
Asset on IRS derivatives (8) | Level 2 | 25,383 |  | 25,383 |  | 39,387 |  | 39,387 |
Asset on TTF linked commodity swap derivatives (8) | Level 2 | 12,291 |  | 12,291 |  | 48,079 |  | 48,079 |
(1) These instruments carrying value are highly liquid and deemed reasonable estimates of fair value. (2) Included within cash and cash equivalents of $732.1 million and $679.2 million are $505.3 million and $481.7 million held in short-term money-market deposits as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, we earned interest income on short-term money-market deposits of $18.6 million and $26.6 million, respectively. (3) These instruments are considered to be equal to their estimated fair value because of their near term maturity. (4) Our debt obligations are recorded at amortized cost. The amounts presented in the table above are gross of the deferred financing costs of $24.5 million and $23.9 million at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. (5) The estimated fair values for both the floating long-term debt and short-term debt are considered to be equal to the carrying value since they bear variable interest rates, which are adjusted on a quarterly basis. (6) The estimated fair values of our 2021 Unsecured Bonds are based on their quoted market prices as of the balance sheet date. The 2024 Unsecured Bonds are yet to be listed with the Oslo Børs. (7) The fair value of the oil and gas derivative instruments is determined using the estimated discounted cash flows of the additional payments due to us as a result of oil and gas prices moving above the contractual floor price over the remaining term of the LTA. Significant inputs used in the valuation of the oil and gas derivative instruments include the Euro/U.S. Dollar exchange rates based on the forex forward curve for the gas derivative instrument and management’s estimate of an appropriate discount rate and the length of time necessary to blend the long-term and short-term oil and gas prices obtained from quoted prices in active markets. (8) The fair value of certain derivative instruments is the estimated amount that we would receive or pay to terminate the agreements at the balance sheet date, taking into account current interest rates, foreign exchange rates, closing quoted market prices and our creditworthiness and that of our counterparties. The credit exposure of certain derivative instruments is represented by the fair value of contracts with a positive value at the end of each period, reduced by the effects of master netting arrangements.
Schedule of designated cash flow hedges | As of September 30, 2024, we were party to the following interest rate swap transactions involving the payment of fixed rates in exchange for SOFR as summarized below:
Instrument | Notional value (in thousands of $) | Maturity dates | Fixed interest rates
Interest rate swaps: |  |  |
Receiving floating, pay fixed | 528,750 | March 2025 to November 2029 | 1.93% - 2.37%
Schedule of net investment hedges, statements of financial performance and financial position, location |
Instrument | Notional quantity (MMBtu) | Maturity date | Fixed price/MMBtu
Commodity swap derivatives: |  |  |
Receiving fixed, pay floating | 403,251 | December 2024 | $51.20
Receiving floating, pay fixed | 403,251 | December 2024 | $20.55

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